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Although no concrete answer has been given, a potential explanation for the "Yanny/Laurel" debacle is that both words are being said at the same time and the volume frequency can change how the word is heard.

"I'm assuming they combined the high frequencies of 'Yanny' with the lower frequencies of 'Laurel' (with some overlap), and the two words are phonetically similar enough for this to work," Reddit user Juuular surmised.

"However, your brain can't handle both at once, so it picks at one and that is the version you hear."

Either way, no one can seem to decide on which version of the word is right.

What do you hear?

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This story originally appeared on The Hits and has been republished with permission.